THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. I PORTLAND. SATURDAY, -APRIL 24. 1920.
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WEMI.T AND
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Between the great things that we cannot'
do, and the imatl thing that we mil not
So then is dancer that we shall do
SssfhliHi art'ilpho Mocod.
NOT A MAN
but Is shared both by some pilotsrandi
some pedestrians, : J ;
It indicates an assumption on the
part of the driver that he owns; the
road. No one else ha a right to cross
the street when: he honks a horn.' It
Is the duty of all traffic to get put
of the way. If a pedestrian doesn't
moVe fast enough, why he gets: hit.
He should have moved faster. its the
way this driver, would seem to jsUm
up the reasons for the collision.?;;;
Did it ever occur to him that others
have rights? Did he ever stop lb think
that his responsibility for a srhashup
might not end with a mere hont of
a horn T . i r
There are pedestrians who deliber
ate In the path of machines. Appar
ently pervaded by a spirit of Bolshev
ism, they sometimes place themselves
in front of a car and stop, sneering at
drivers who are . forced to come to a
stop. That is a reflection of the same
thought in the minds of pedestrians.
And they are just as responsible(for
smash ups as those who think that
others have no rights.
divergence of view."' Senator ' WaWi of
Montane, wh6 believed much as "the
president believed, yet voted tor the rati
fication, on the ground that there was
tilt great promise in the team with
Article XI Intact, and the provisions
against coin to war and for peaceful
settlement found In Articles XV, XVI
and XVIt of the covenant undisturbed.
Did these desirable features, along
with the universal yearning tor an end
of uncertainty, overbalance the repudia
tion of Article X and the other blighting
effects of the Lodge reservation? This
was the question upon which there was
a division of opinion and a division
of the Democratic vote. To say, as
some have said, that the Lodge reserva
tions received the approval of 21 Demo
crats Is manifestly Incorrect. Twenty
one Democrats voted for them but only
a few of that number because they
liked them.
The history of the contest.- showing
how Lodge refused to modify his res
ervations, except to make textual
changes, which would not change their
effect, exhibits how far he was willing
to go to secure a compromise. hat
21 Democrats voted for ratification even
after Lodge had his exact way shows
how far they were willing to go to that
end. The record seems clear enough as
to who was most willing to compromise.
IN COLORADO, the Nonpartisan league was sweeping through' the state
until recruiting was. Interrupted by events of the war. About 20 organizers
were In the fields The field manager was a preacher named Maxwell. Each
organizer was highly trained In how to address farmer audiences, in the argu
ments to be put forth, iud in the influences to bring to bear in personal re
cruiting. The whole enaeavor was highly -organized and was drawing fanners
with great enthusiasm into' the ' movement when Townley got Into trouble
with the courts and when differences arose over the autoeratia powers which
Townley Insisted! on exercising over the drive in Colorado. At that date the
organizers, though but a short time in the field, had found their work of
recruiting so easy that ihey had raised more than $100,000.
In June, 1918, 180,000 farmers were on the rolls of the league. The member
ship fee was then; f 16, which meant that the executive committee of the organ
izations had at its disposal for the purposes of the movement' around t2.880.000.
Thl3 great sum was devoteu to payment of salaries of organizers, to publicity
ana to ine general work of gathering in recruits. It was supplemented by
the collections taken at meetings which are used to defray the traveling ex
penses of organizers.
Townley is described by those who have been officially in contact with
him as a "genius" in tne matter of ora-anizstion
In the states where the movement is working the farmers accept it as a
righteous cause and enter it with fervor and enthusiasm. It is presented to
tnem as tne final opportunity for agriculture to have that recognition by j
government which they claim, and with a great deal of truth, has been so long
denied them. It differs from the Farmers Alliance and the aranee move
ment and the populist movement of the generation following 1870, in that
It is heavily financed, has abundant means with which to carry its propaganda,
and Is shrewdly led.
Thus, the very opening topic on which the farmers are approached by
the organizers is ian issue that has troubled farmers from the days of their
boyhood to the si)very-h aired time of age, and from generation- to generation.
It is to them the Overshadowing issue of how to have something to say about
what they are to get for their products and how to obtain a larger share of
the fruits of their labor.
Here is the way a. league organizer, addressing a farmer's meeting at a
schoolhouse in Clarke county, Washington, opened his speech:
How many of you have ever had an vthinar to sav about th nrlca of ummnli.
ties or raw material that you take to the market? Have you ever taken anything
irom your larm nome into tne market witn any other question on your lips than
now mucn are you paying ior it loaayr
Have you ever hauled vour hoars or vour cattle or vour rottre into market
and stated what you are charging for your potatoes today or how much you are
demanding for your hogs?
Ana arter theyhave set a price for you, that eternal price which Is alwavs set
for you, not by you. after you have asked the usual question, "How much?" which
is always upon your lips, you. you have gone with your money Into the merch
andising establishments of every city and there you have again questioned, "How
mucn is mat pair or overalls,- or now mucn is tnat calico per yard, or how much
Is that pair of shoes, or this suit of clothes how much is it?"
Then the speaker told his farmer audience that the league purposes to
change this order, and to put the farmer in line to have something to say
about prices. He said:
1.4 v ..i -. ... - 4 v.Ti mnre trinr"pnt as has been shown
"'c Mucunuii i" ever upuu uie ups oi me iarmers or America. , , , . , T . i error I nffurnH tho rouniniim, ikih
the Non-partisan league of North Dakota came into existence. The purpose of the Previous articles. In refusing-, any "TM""lh
Ifagueowas to change that question of ' "How much?" to a statement that It is substantial modification Lodge , t had j w 'OST- D a vote or 6 to 7 or S), and
so much. The object of the leasrue is to have the farm of Amorlra ot th hfin hacked hv a solid Republican Vote ' 1 ha1 no intention of bringing the or-
price upon the things that they have to sell. ana by a few Democrats, including . ganization to Oregon, nor did I admit
Telegrams to The Journal from California are to the effect that producers three who opposed the treaty outiHght, ! I never had any correspondence
there are fast solving in another way the price problem to which the Non- and a varying number of others who ! with any member of the league, that I
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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" SMALL CHANGE , j j SIDELIGHTS
Wonderful weather!
CaOlaux ton; t the first notable French
man to be exiled.
It's going to be a grand light city
when the Shrinere arrive. i
Baker's city commissioners have au
thorized paving contracts on Baker street
and Valley avenue, totaling nearly
131,000. , . .
On south slopes in the Granite distrjet.
the Baker HeraWs reports Indicate,
now la aeven feet deep. 12 feet on north
nave your old home town's new census i slopes and w in canyons.
figures been reported yetf ' . .
- ( a ware raise td city employes at Med-
Kaw milk Is roiner up acain. How ford gives most . of them not less man
THE TREATY AND
THE SENATE ;;
NO. 1
Status of the League of Nations Cove
nant When the Date for Final
'Vote Arrived ;s
By Carl Smith, Washington Staff Correspondwit
of The Journal
Washington, April 24. This series of
articles has been brought to the point
where it may be profitable to present
the situation which confronted mem
bers of the senate when they came to
vote on ratification on March 19.4!
The Lodge reservations had "been
adopted, one by one, by majority Yotes
after losing battles by Senator liltch
cock and others to change them sojtthey
would be lea drastic and might .thus
command the votes of all the unques
tioned friends of the treaty. The)-res
ervations had been changed in some
about the cooked kind?
"Blossom Days" will mean more now
that the sun has had a chance at the
trees.
Well, even ff the overall fad succeeded
In making clothing dealers merely think
about reducing prices a little. It was not
in vain. :
When the eunshine comes It doesn't
take a fellow long to forget how mean
he felt about everything during the chill,
rainy days.
Men who violate the fishing laws and
then cheerfully pay their fines evidently
are sporu enough to believe that the fun
Is worth the cost
With the next article the present series
will be concluded. It will deal with
the Byran arbitration rtreaties. These
treaties, negotiated in 1914, have an in
teresting bearing; upon the League of
Nations controversy, and the record of
the executive sessions pf the senate
when they were considered was first
made available last month. Something
about these treaties and how the. sen
ate received them will give light on more
recent performances. ,
Letters From the People
tioo a month. or tne most pari ui
increase was flSramonth per capita.
It la planned 'fct Roseburg to change
this year the method of the vote for
quen of the Strawberry carnival. Caps
will not be sold m formerly, and Instead
a popularity or (merchandise ote wm
take the place, tie News-Review says.
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Disappearance iht an ancient land
mark, as noted Sh the Moro Observer :
"Old timers using the road between
Moro and Grass? - Valley miss the old
tstore at Ersklneithat stood unoccupied
for probably 30 years, built befcre Moro
was located or n4njed Inquiry dlscloiM?
that L L. Peit4 bought the building
and had it torn :do'wn for use In improv
ing his farm hoiatngs
The ; Oregon Country
Nerthwtet Btptwnfnck ta Brief fora Her1 the
; Boa? . Reader . :
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations Aboiit Town
OREGON NOTES I
Frank E. lTross will be appointed post-'
master at Hqbo. Tillamook county.
County School Superintendent Byland
has been elected chairman of the Astoria v
public welfare council. , ,
Hood River dtiiens lan during the
next two weeks to rae 1440(1 for rellgl-.
ous and charitable purposes.
Work wilt u..nn . .......j . .w. ..... :
high ay depart nu nt in paving the road
between Marhfield and CoonTlle. - '
iin.?.,!"0 ?flrvl,'f commission,' 11 'is .
renta. "mnn- iiparimnt nouse .
nlir?n VXr,Vi"r of T'P0. fish-1
Citv iriiaoka",wJ rlver Oregon
pounds. sulnu" weighing 9-
The first wrvicen have bwn held In
muX T hurt,, for com-,
vVr Va!L'f . BlfWH 3 rw'ratiun of Jgnl '
thw , , OT n-nesi ovr rwonld
rSraUon" nM f ,h" ',b,
The annual Founders' .! celebration
t ChanufR, will I... l.cl.l ,1(.F May 1. -1e.-hrPtXtm-iwil1
,'wl"""t "f r' vo-mlnute
a
Tl
iTOiifs oy pionretH. ,
The Bend Commercial club will have'
nHrsre or the entfriatiimnt r ti. r.nn
leuates to the ntat -r ...hi .i.
meets there June 1. -""v. ..-
The ghost of a once humming indus
try passed in review before George W.
Codrlngton of Cleveland, Ohio, when he
stopped off In Portland this week to re
new old acquaintances. He saw the re
mains of the shipbuilding industry that
passed on in large part with the ter
mination of the war. Codringtoh is one
of the heads of the engineering depart-
f Communication. Mnt to The Journal l i T" ,lnc1 " '"lon "ul"r "r 7':"'
publication In thu department ahould be written
on only one side of the paper, should iioi xcerd
300 words is length and must be ngned by the
writer, whow mail address in.; full must accom
pany the contribution.!
YAMHILL COUNTY NON-PARTISAN
FORUM
McMinnville. April 22. To the Editor
of The Journal The report of your cor
respondent at Newberg on April 21 says
the resolution jn favor of an independ-
M,Hrww.ta alr. lhev were voted on in i ent primary offered at the Yamhill
November, but these modifications did j County Forum was an effort to bring the
not go far, and in some instances were Non-partisan league Into Oregon, and
" cryJ BUlllltlCU. I U I $ BLiSltSIIIClll IB 2X11
. ... . . 'Q m o nr DPArr 1 . 1 ri n ...... S. n .. a 1 ...... .1 . , . -
partisan league has addressed itself. Here I. a sample expression from Roscoe " rTT ! of &;TZ
iui hicu a miner lavoraoie opinion oi
some of the work of the league from
what its enemies say of it- Further. I
have never met and talked with a
'member of the league on the subject,
that I am aware of. Still further, 1 am
of the opinion that the Non-partisan
league doesn't give a whoop whether we
have an independent primary or not.
They work the old parties.
. The report also, for some purpose,
states that 1 am an ex-Socialist.
Whether this is to my credit or dis
credit I will not say until the report is
more clear on this point. T"here are
lots of exes lying about, Some quit be
cause of the ex and some because of
the axe. Even the old parties are some
what ex-cited. The good old Repub
lican party ig an ex-Greenback party.
. . . -. i i . .i , an Ax i on Yci uaiu miu iiuw ir is
-VJ? "-.Par.t"n if ague has apparently not nourished in California, I am T, '.t h. inr-,rrd tho dfrnWli" ex-Gold party. Likewise, the good
It is not an advisable plan, isor can rB'r X"XLJV"T"J?ZVVL ,IP.e? .du.rtns the l - - '. rT n V,', of exes in its history
It be Plan satisfactory to the people FRED M. BKeW B the others were held in line by the Re-! to,ne "e- it is more progressive. The
oecretary state Market ComrhlsHion. publican disciplinarians and ' 'solidi- i "YJS r,. " . . .v.
ws yituimi rw to in v i VI atlUM Ul kite
T tir...ii - m 1 1 a v. . -
u. iiiaiiager oi me uiamner or wmmerce at ?an Jose: lican organization worked to present a
The frune and Apricot Growers of California, Incorporated, an association of solid party front In support of: Lodge,
uyntui aim prune growers, witn neaaquarters m mis city, nas revoiutloniied the and in this it succeeded,
prune ana apncot maustry m vjaiuornia, placing tne production and sales of those
" ..UHH11CH.W1 uia, ciiiinia.iiis; ine Rumuime; in prices ana tne f . tlm l ...ml fhA twarv
uncrta ntv nf morb.tii ihnt h.rf Khunnt.ri.iwt tht inj,,.. i At one time it seemea tne ireny
THERE Is not a man on trie com- years. mieht escape mutilation through an in-
tnlttee of 15 that would think for , The organization now controls 75 per cent of the prune and apricot acreage surrection by its Republican friends
ralliee or ID inai wouia wiiiitt ior In this state, and' establishes prices In accordance with legitimate market demands against Lodge's alliance withi Ir-
Cne minute Of entrusting the manage- and the quantity of production. Prices are stabilized and the grower is thoroughly reconcilables. McCumber, M c Isl t r y ,
ment Of his private business to the ' a vo , V encouraa loKp"c lne Dfl or nis intelligence and time in the Colt and Nelson, with others onjy a
average Multnomah delegation in the The success of the prune and apricot men has stimulated the growers of other l!!lJ!t!t:S TL1?
V- it' , r p a P?"' 6-rowers are now so thoroughly organized that they T :' 1 " . a rT" ,r2-! tn
... uro iji.wcc mr men viiuuuLia, a. i in uiesej prices are acceptea Dy the canners and .
Oregon legislature
Yet we have a proposal to commit dri'dM1,5ckr'
e. .K ial,nr, thP nnnoint.ment of ,.AV:. ','''..! "1 TIZTi """UP0"?- or aned prunes, and ttoor or tne senate, ireeo rum tne orp-
irv .pip.v. ",u r - i U miwiii-j w uui luvtii Kivwcrn ui me various iruiLS prouuced here
Ka -man ivhft faro trt mfinnffe tne DfO- uwriy 90v.uw.uvu..
iiw iiiti v y w - -
aggre- inating lntluence or tne lrreconciiauies.
Ti,n r' 'Z. r" J j .i J . . . In the end tnis proved to be wnat
cosed ten million dollar Swan island A ' , "X , ' L"-8'- di rrancisco, turning. LOS the Indians call "heap big talk," ! Mc-
. . J . j,i.r'a Angeles, san Jose, Fresno and other points in California, of which the follow- Cumber was the one Republican who
project anu ic ....... v. . . 8arnoIfl. at times broke away. He voted in No-
worth Of harbor ma terminal prop- i.a,.it,0 . r,..L ,
JTty ownea oy wie peupic ui c-. una Die to say attnis time tne exact reason, although from what I can learn from " . TT J, . XT' J Tk,, 3 evT. ' old Democratic party has a long line
iproved materially during the I .,,,,.,.,". :Lrt" S: a VT, ! of exes in its history. 1 prefer the ex
of Cleveland and was In Portland during
the shipbuilding era installing Winton
engines In several eraft built here. He
registered during his stay at the Mult
nomah hotel.
William D. Fenton. attorney, was op
erated upon at St. Vincents hospital
Thursday night following a sudden at
tack of appendicitis suffered earlier lfl
the day. He is rapidly recovering from
its effects. Fenton first complained
while at Seaside a week ago, but his
trouble did not become acute until
Thursday.
...
Mrs. L. M. Plaraondon and children
of Woodland, Wash., are registered at
the Hotel Oregon while visiting in Port
land. 'Mrs. Plamondon Is the wife of
the Woodland banker.
L. M. Curl, rotund mayor of Albany,
Or., is a guest at the New Perkins hotel,
the occasion being one of his import
ant business excursions Into the big city
from the Linn county seat. Curl will
not preside over the city council for an
other term, he has declared, but will
devote all his time to private business.
Mr. and Mrs. K G. Rippel and Miss
M. Rippel of Buffalo, N. Y., compose
a tourist party that is finding habitation
at the Benson hotel during a brief so
journ in the city.
Mrs. G. M. Coats of Marmot and Mrs.
R. Hamilton of Estacada. as well as
Mrs. S. N. Kilgore of Kstacada and
Mrs. H. Shradieck of New York, are
guests at the Perkins hotel during a
visit in Portland, where Mrs. Shradieck
is being shown the sights.
"
John Talt is expanding In a business
sense. Talt Is out for the all-round
championship title as "the laundry man
of Portland.
At the legislature the Multnomah well nigh insoluble, the recognition of
delegation is a dominant force. Often the necessity of a wiser and more pro
f . found education is universal. The II-
itood men are In it, but on the aver- . . nr.narpd to meet anv
Huge it Is mainly composed Of poll- ftni an demands made upon It or it will
ticlans. These politicians take It lnta ran m its acanowieasrea oucy.
their heads to' make changes in the It was Miss Isom's belief that the
port commission. Reasons are never library should quicken mental life in
given. The people are never consulted, children and in older people. Good
The members of the delegation stand books make good friends. She made
together and the legislative body ac- of the. library and its brancnes com
cedes to their wl6hes. munity centers where groups might
it la an unthinkable method of se- father and discuss the subjects of
onQo.0ra of a t,entv mil- their countless interests. Through
Hon dollar property. It is absurd to book selections j and friendly aid the
k v ov.r to nntitir.. and political lary and Its branches were also
thimblerigging the control of great made3uring ; hen, life and ministration
properties In which the people have
millions of dollars invested and on
of Clatsop county," and to that end is
building a new, 'washing plant at Sea
side. He already owns and operates the
Troy laundry at ' Astoria. Seaside will
be more than eve popular this year, the
laundrymatt believes, and that means
that a steam laundry will be a practical
necessity. Tait' Is visiting in the city,
a guest ft the 'Multnomah hotel.
'
Mr. and Mrsj W. L. Payne, accom
panied by Alan; and Charles Payne and
Miss Lottie Jonjs, all of Moscow, Idano,
are guests at the Imperial hotel en
joying what again promises to be the
advent of a reai Oregon spring season:
The flctionist; should discover Lassie
Lane. Not that Lassie is necessarily a
source of a stofy, but what a peach of
a name that iould be for a heroine.
Lassie Lane if a home demonstration
agent for the extension division of the
Oregon Agricultural college. She is
among us toda, registered at the Mult
The state college Is also represented on
the Seward hostel register. Of course.
Harry C. Seymbisr, state club leader. Is
In town again knd Helen- Cowgill regis
ters at the Seward now and then, but
thfr time it Is; another member of the
college staff, asiss rcana a. tioens, neaa
of the deDartmnt of physical education
for women. Slie Is accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Jt K. Cochs.
t
The favorite outdoor sports of Gray?
Harbor people ;are lumper manumcmr
in and nolf. At both W. J. Patterson
of Aberdeen Is an adept. Patterson
deals in lumber and golf with very
successful consistency.
! 4
A. W.. Charts and Paul Walker are
scions of the JVanter tribe from Med
ford registered durin their stay in
Portland at the Hotel Oregon.
i . i
Mr. and MrC. Roy Graves and P. J.
and Mrs. Macftelll of Sheridan, Or., are
at the Seward ihotel.
! .
"At the Multnomah arethv-i'tnwmus
keteers" of Medford In the persons of
E. M. McKeaney, J. E. Barkdull and L.
R. Elwood. McKeaney Is a fruit buyer.
As a result of a viu u ;" '
the supcrlntondent of Kueetie schools it
n?led,.tn?t..Meven RoHebiir teacher
"... jh, Eugene nt-xt winter
Plans for raisl nsr Murlnn mii.tu'.
quota in th Salvation irtmv drive elre
taking shape. Solicitors will he sent 1
tS. Knn y ln May' The COunty 1uoU
Washington '
Steve PetroNkev whn n..n uhi
City Jailer Aelson at Puokana. has been
round Insane by a lunacy commlsslorv
,,Vufar.JlaB "dvanced at Spokane from ,
17 V to r&b cents a pound and a limit of
five pounds to each rnslnm.r nut Into .
effect. " "v
Organisation of an asaorlatinn e ..a -
potato growers to eliminate the mlddla
man Is being discussed In Eastern Wash-
incton.
The federal Inrv nnii .
Seattle will invest ipste charges of fraud
against a number of northwest Bhlpping
men recently indicted.
S. 'A. Parkins. Republican national
committeeman for Washington, ta not
included among: the I'lerce countv del
egates fp the state convention.
The Spokane Clearinar houaa aLaanola.
tlon has decided to make no change of
business hours this summer to conform1
witn tne ew lork daylight saving
law.
Following an Inspection trip between
Walla Walla and Clarkston E. G- Wood,
district horticulturist, predicts that the
peach and apricot crop will be almost
a total failure.
Walla Walla civic clubs are consider
Ins; the organization of a comnanv with
Lu capital stock of $300,000 to secure a -
new note) Whose ultimate cost Is esti
mated at $100,000.
Everett J. Smith, president of tha'
Wood club, has been elected chairman
of the Walla Walla county delegation
to me ltepuonran stale convention over
F. 8. Dement, a Polndcxtrr supporter..
David P. Barrows, president of the
TTnlverstty of California, has subscribed
$100 towards a student loan fund at
the University of Washington In honor::
of Warren O. Grimm who was killed at
Centralia 011 Armistice Uy.
which they are spending other mil
lions of public money.
At Salem we have repeatedly seen a
11n uihtnnaranannor lPffidatnr mOVft
-he or tta TMultnoiU delegation that ft be provided by spontaneous
ome member of the port commission
Americanization centers.
The response to The Journal's sug
gestion that a memorial tablet should
be erected to Miss Isom in the library
that was so much a result of her own
labors indicates that the necessary
contribution. If so, the memorial
should, in its turn, be a constant re-
t . KMnmriul orirt nnnthop man he
what secret interest the new man
represents. Nobody knows what the
purpose is. Nobody knows any rea
son for thus disturbing the plans and
policies of the port commission. No
body, knows anything about anything.
But the plan goes through. The
Change is made.
Nobody knows how many limes and
how much the work of the commis
ulon has thus been embarrassed. We
do know that at times dredging oper
ations have yielded but little more
than half ihe results that the same
dredging by the same dredge has
yielded at other times. We have ln
this concrete proof that through pol
itico-legislative control of the port
commission sometimes the people'3
money has been wasted.
The. people of Portland have been
' t&dulgent. They have been trustful.
Since no member of the committee of
15 would, for one second, entrust the
management of his private business
to "legislative politicians, the people
of Portland should not be asked to
public, who said: "The library must
be prepared to meet any and all de
mands made, upon it."
The Continental Oil company,
Standard Oil's 'marketing agent ln
the Rocky Mountain district, has ac
cumulated six millions of profits, or
200 per cent on its $3,000,000 capital,
and on , April 30 will cut and dis
tribute the melon. Income tax free.
Each stockholder will get two shares
of new stock for each share of old
stock that he holds. The new stock
will pay 12 per cent. These surplus
profits were accumulated on far
lower oil prices than those now cur
rent. There will be no tax on dis
tribution of the new stock because
the federal supreme court by a ma
jority of one, recently decided that
stock dividends are principal and
not income.
fiers.
The inevitable result was the
titled to the excess price which thev domination of the irreconcilable in al- ?f J"? ?nnti "SJlZ
impose. They ought not to be per
mitted to impose it.
Meanwhile, mark this! The suar
renners evidently have the Dower tn
fix the price of sugar. They have
exercised that power in this case.
What is the status when a sinele
interest has the power ta thus fix the
price on a national article of diet for
110,000,000 people?
liance with Lodge and the near-irrecon- "
cilables. who, together hated Wilson the Primary election. There are some
and were resolved that his work should j Democrats and some Republicans that I
be discredited. To that end they yoted " t " nr ill T
to make the reservations as drastic as ,aw by . "f"1""3 r , nJuncln to ef
possible, voted for the reservations as "e. ' " ' . 1 , ... V
- ti". iwiiiuinu a.v
The aviator who went up seven
miles was the first man to look out
on space from the top of the sky.
He says that all he taw when he
looked above and around was a blu
ish darkness
they came up so as to fasten them to
the treaty and make it unacceptable to
Its unquestioned friends, and then voted
to reject the treaty with the reserva
tions they had forced upon it.
Had there been a few more McCura-
bers they could have overturned the
Lodge reservations,- acting with' the
Democratic friends of the treaty. Tltey
could then have ,cut the poison and the
sham out of the Lodpe menu and led
a ratifying movement, for genuine com
promise. Be it remembered thajt ih aU
the voting prior to the final vote' a
majority was sufficient. Having in. this
way adopted reasonable reservations.
the two thirds vote on the ratifying
this.
an independent primary, if I can get
help. J. C. Cooper.
Around him was no
dust, nothing to reflect light, no resolution could scarcely have,; failed
clouds, only the blue blncVno. That would have produced a real show
snare wv,,,! d6Vn, the friends of the treaty on one
-pace. What a sensation it must be ide, lt8 foe8 on other, irfstead of
to gaze out mere into the silence the polyglot vote which finally resulted.
and the unaccustomed!
STANDING THE SHOCK
Those who are trying to fix rfsppnsi
bility for failure of the treaty may, turn
profitably to this phase of it.
...
It was under these conditions that
President Wilson v. rote Senator Hitch-
A DANGEROUS POWER
""PHE expected has happened, sugar
1
has gone beyond 20 cents a pound
commit a 120,000,000 public enterprise wholesale. Consumers will pay 25
to the control of a bunch of political cents a pound. By the admission of
whlppersnappers. the sugar interests the advance is a
profiteer act.
AO automooiie crossing Broadway Based UDOn cogt of Dr0(jUCtion the
bridge approached a stationary line wholesale price of sugar under the
of traffic. It didn't stop, but crashed present conditions need not exceed 8
Into the rear or an automobile stand- to 10 cenLs a pound.
ing in ue rear oi tne nne. my A Drice of I8 ,0 go cents a Dound
automODlie is noi worsing ngnt. Is arhitrarilv fixed tn reduce ennsnmn-
explalned ,the driver. 'There Is tlon Frank c. Lowry, general sales
omathing wrong. woumm stop. manajrer for thu Federal Suar Re
That something was wrong Is very finmg company, said so in his letter
vldent. uui was wie automooiie SerAator McNarr.
or tne puoir . Phe nnmhined demand for Miaar In
America and Europe is greater 'than
V U rr'tTiT" -a t .
r inL.iruw were known it wrnuM
1 bp made nioa. 11.,, i , ,. cock on March 8 declaring the reserva
- h ' oiiicwu unan- tion8 unacceptable and that they ap-
ciers wno want easy and certain peared to be "not Interpretation of the
profits without risk are quietly in articles to which it is proposed to attach
vesting heavily these days in deDreci- "JTi but Jf? tual nu"ifjcation
nfoA r ik v j 1 uepreti- 0f those articles. " He repeated once
aiea LlOerty bonds. more his reasons for objecting; to the
This is Clearlv InHieaf k .t. elimination of Article X.
, ... . ' " uidii- Assertion is often made that the presl-
ner in wnich those securities with- dent insisted on ratifying the treaty
stood the shock of Thursday's on- "without dotting an v or crossing a V"
Slaught and at th .!, e m. ...j and that except for his insistence in
m r. v..V. 7. . lllc.lrdu- that regard the differences could have
i,CYV lur SIOCK exenange been comDromised. This is a cross mis
commanded prices in advance of the representation, and is easily refuted. It
previous low levels. 1 18 .uue true 01511 ne arguea wiui ier-
Nothing but some such buyin ;nflu- out amendment. Let it be remembered i
ence, m tne race of the heaw ttacv inat ne won inxB parx or "ie ngnt, ior
could have anetn! h t Z . . amendments to the treaty text which
COUId nave sustained the Liberties at were reported in large numbers from
higher figures. Tidsrs's committee were reiected. It
Rv anil hv a timo ..m . was when talking about this , that the
uy ana Dy a time will come when ....t .mnh.n i.o.
ii. At ... ., 'rO -
rnipc uiwss ni uius pass into hands against changing, the treaty. TOhn the
able and Willing to hold them Pr f'&ht passed that stage and turned on
and fewer nf tho aa.i,-ii, ...m . the auestion of reservations, the presi
ana lewer or tne securities will be dnt indicated that he did not. believe
Offered on the market. Then Liberties reservations necessary, but repeatedly
will begin to climb, and In timo m stated that he would not object to ln-
TO Ond OOOVA nn. I wiuitu.v . v ..-v,. . ...... luup, ... ...v
audi nas uien uie experience of all m. he said
past issues of government bonds.
THE ISOM MEMORIAL,
the supply, Lowry said. Reduced
IN HER annual report, Mary Frances consumption is imperative. The food
Isom.. late librarian of Portland, administration reduced consumption
gajj. i .by rationing. The sugar Interests
In these distressing days of adjust- bave determined to reduce consump
tnent i and - reconstruction ; after the Uou by lroflteering. They rely upon
!& 0'J:. law of supply ' and demand to
lema daily present themselves that seem J exonerate) them. They aj . not ea-
EX-SOLDIERS AS POLICEMEN
Portland, April 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Since the death of Wayne
Cason I have noticed several articles in
the Portland News regarding the killing.
It stales that some men on the Portland
police fo:e, owing to their stature,
look ridiculous. This same beauty critic
fails to remember that only a short
while ago about 2,900,000 of us got into
Uncle Sam's uniform and went over.
We not only looked passable in the uni
forms but we were good enough to de
fend the nation against the greatest an
tagonist the world has ever been com
pelled to face, and the greater part of
us were smaller men than my of the
men oh the police force. But now that
the job is finished we are not even
good enough to wear a Portland bully's
uniform. We simply look ridiculous.
Will the editor of the News please ex
plain? A. Foster.
SINGLE TAX
Ridgefield. Wash., April 21. To the
Editor of The Journal Please tell me
the meaning of the single tax as It is
now advocated in the state of Washing
ton. Does it relieve the grocery men,
manufacturing plants and other business
houses from paying taxes on their stocks
of goods? , V. V. Harper.
The single tax derives ite name from the fart
that it is designed to be one single tax, and that
on land only. Hence it follows necessarily that
all of the objects of present taxation named in
the inquiry would be exempt from taxaUon under
the single tax system. )
IMPRESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
Olden Oregon
Completion of the North Boundary
Line of Oregon in 1864.
'I can only beg these gentlemen in
their criticism of the treaty and in their
many kinds of people profess to make It neceasaVv to ask the consent
100 per cent Americanism" that it of the other nations to the interpreta
becomes a question of what the
phrase really? means. If it is "100
tions which they are putting upon the
treaty. I have said in all frankness
that I do not lee a single phrase in the
per cent Americanism" to evade covenant of the League of Nations,
taxes, cheat the government, prof- which is of doubtful meaning, but if
JkMM , ' I UIQj W Bill W Tv UttL IIU1L UlIUyUUlOAl
Iteer on foodstuffs or Jugel war con- meanlnjr ,, T have objection."
tracts, let that be fairly understood. Still more specific was the letter of
Tnat kind of persons really seem the Pr"dent to Senator Hitchcock of
loudest in their boasts of American-
Ism.
WHO OWNS THE ROAD?
ITAVrXG struck a pedestrian with
1 1
An act was passed by congress June
25, 1860, for the survey of the forty
sixth parallel of latitude so far as It
constituted a boundary between Oregon
and Washington. This work was not
completed until 1864, although this line
was only about 100 miles long, from the
bend of the Columbia near Walla Walla
to Snake river. There was much delay
ny reason of the difficulty of getting an
astronomer and surveyor who would
undertake the rather arduous task for
the small pay provided, the country be
ing exceedingly rough and including the
crossing of the Blue mountains. Daniel
G. Major finally took the contract.
Curious Bits of Information
For the Curious
Gleaned From Curious Places
January 26, in wnicn ne saia : -v
I am happy to be able to add Jhat
I have once more gone over the reserv
ations . proposed by yourself, thexwpy
of which I return herewith, and am' glad
to say that I can accept them as they
stand."
The reservations thus directly ao-
hls auto the driver. In his report proved were on withdrawal, domestic
to the pollee, laconically described the questions the Monroe doctrine. Article
,,. ' . X and voting strength in the assembly
accident thus: - i n -...h k,- k.
I sounded ray horn. He failed to I quoted and discussed In previous articles.
get out of the way. I hit him" The ma flnal vote wio
srjirit, judged by his report of the ac- opposed the Lodge reservations had to
cident. If it can be tailed an accident, decide whether there was enough left
1. Di enl.! lhl irs ... i.l,i... OI Uie utiw pi nauows w ii
3 .. v.r wu. ,Ju.ice. ldvlMb,e Uflder. a.u the circumstances
It is not peculiar,- either, to drivers, to vote for ratification. . There was a
The last Arctic "sea cow" was seen
ln 1854 about a century after the first
discovery of the species by white men.
When full grown, the creature weighed
as much as 8000 pounds. These animals
frequented shallows at the mouths of
rivers in herds, and while feeding they
drove before them their young, to pro
tect the latter from danger. So tame
were they that one could stroke their
backs without Objection oh their part.
Unfortunately, their flesh was good to
eat, resembling beef. Whalers got ln
the way of depending on them for stores
of fresh meat and so, in the natural
course of events, they were wiped out.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:-
In thl nt MCceetHne InsUllmjnti. .
Mr. l!!oekley will tell the story of Ovel. 'n
the reult of his own researchee among Opal
irtimete associatee in her own home town In ,
Oregon. He will treat the entire matter jodi
ciLIfy and the reader will do the real what
ever the re may be. Tlie inaullment for
tomorrow will not appear tn thta apsee. but
shoold be wmght in the news eecUon of The
Sunday Journal.)
Opal Whiteley of Cottage Grove was
born ay. there's the rub. If Opal
Whiteley is Opal Whiteley she was born
at Colton, i Wash., on December 11, 22
years ago. But if Opal Whiteley is not
Opal Whiteley, where she was born may
for all time be a matter of conjecture
and doubt. The leading article in the
March issue, of the Atlantic Monthly is
written by Opal Whiteley of Cottage
G-ove. It is given the place of honor In
the magazine. It is Introduced by a fore
word by the editor, Ellery Sedgwick, who
SS"Opal Whiteley was born about 21
years ago where, we have no knowl
edge Of her parents, whom she lost
before her fifth year, she Is sure of
nothing except that they loved her and
she loved them with a tenacity of affec
tion as strong now as at the time of
parting."
Opal thinks that her father was
French and that he was a naturalist. She
had as the only visible reminder of her
parents, two books ln wnicn meir pno
tographs were pasted. These, she says,
were taken away when she was 12 years
old and she beUeves they are still in
existence. In these two copy books and
in ethers her mother wrote poems and
verses for Opal to learn.
...
T have; talked with Opal's sister
Chloe, I have talked with her aunt Etta,
with her uncle Tom Scott, with her
grandmother at Saginaw, Or., with nu
merous schoolmates, with fellow work
ers of hers in Christian Endeavor work,
with old time residents of Cottage Grove
who knew her from the days when she
was a little tot, and I am free to con
fess that the question aa to who hit
Billy Patterson, what became of Char
ley Ross, and the Identity of the man
in the Iron mask were an simple com
pared with the question as to the Iden
tity of Opal Whiteley. I am not going
to take sides, but Instead I will give all
the facts that I have obtained, without
color or prejudice, and let the reader
make his own decision.
. . . ,
First, let me quote Opal's own words.
used In her introduction to tne rirst
installment of her Journal, which was
started, she says, when she was 6 years
old and continued for several years and
which her younger sister and constant
companion. Fay, In a fit or angar ana
lealousv. tore to fragments. These frag
ments Opal put into a oox ana ma, ana
recently has spent many weeks patching
together. Of her parentage Opal says :
"Of -the days before I was taken to
the lumber camps there Is little I remem
ber. As piece by piece the Journal comes
toeether. some things come back. There
are references here and there in the jour
nal tc things I Saw or heard or learned
in those days before I came to the lum
ber camps. There were walks in the
f ields and woods. When on these walks.
Mother would tell me to listen to what
the flowers and trees and birds, were
saying. We listened together. And on
the way she told me poems and other
lovely things, some of which she wrote
In Portland If you git run over by a
truck skidd in' they pick up the pieces
and say it's too ourn bad, and tough luck
en the widder and the orphans: but the
city don't pay no funeral expenses. If
you git ran' over 'cause the feUer didn't
in the two books and alno in others
v?hich I had not with me ln the lumber
cair.ps. On the walk, and after we
came back, ehes had me print what I
blid seen and what I had heard. After
that she told me of different people and
their wonderful work on esrth. Then
she would have me tell again to her what
she had told me. After I came to the
lumber camps, I told these things to the
trees and the brooks and the flowers.
"There were five words my Mother
said to me over and over again, as she
had me to print what I had seen and
heard. These words were : What,
Where. When. How, Why. They had a
very great influence over all my ob
servations and the recording of those
observations during all the days of my
childhood.
"No children I knew. There were only
Mother and the kind woman who taught
mc and looked after me and dressed me,
nnd the young girl who fed me. And
there was Father in those few days
when he was home from far . lands.
Those were wonderful days his home
coming days. Then he would take me
rn his knee and ride me on his shoul
der ana tell me of the animals and birds
of the far lands.
"There was one day when I went with
Mother in a boat. It was a little way
on the sea. It was a happy day. Then
something happened and we were all In
th. wster. Afterward, when I called
and called for Mother, they said the
sea waves had taken her and ehe u
gene to heaven. I remember the day
because I never saw my mother again.
"The time was not long after that day
with Mother In the boat, when one day
tho kind woman who taught me and
took care of me did tell me gently that
Father too had gone to heaven while he
was away in the far lands. She said she
was going to take me to my grand
mother and grandfather, the mother and
f itlier of my . Father.
We started. But I never got to see
my dear grandmother and grandfather
whom I had never seen. Something hap
pened on the way and 1 was all alone.
And I didn't feel happy. There were
strange people that I had never seen
before and I was afraid of them. They
made me keep very still and we went
for no walks in the field. But we trav
eled a long, long way.
'i 'Then it was they put me with Mrs.
Whiteley. The day they put me with
her was a rainy day and I thought she
was a little afraia of them, too. She
took me on the train and In a stage
coach to the lumber camp. She called
me Opal Whiteley, the same name as
that of another little girl who was the
same sixe as I was when her mother lost
her. She took me into the camp as her
Own child, and so called me as we lived
in the different lumber camps and in the.
nun low ii.
This Is the story as Opal tells it What
Opal's people think of her story and of
Opal, what Theodore Roosevelt, Cardi
nal Gibbons, Queen Elisabeth of Bel
gium, Earl Curzon. chancellor of Ox
ford university, Lord Raylelgh, chan
cellor of Cambridge university. Booth
Tarklngton, Mary Roberts Rinehart,
Queen Victoria of Spain, Father Cavan-
augh. president of Notre Dame uni
versity, and a host of other of the great
ones of earth, think of Opat I will tell
tn subsequent articles, i The story of
Opal is as fascinating as a modem
version of Jthe Arabian Nights.
iiaho ;
Idaho fish hatcheries are running te
full, capacity, reports Fish Commissioner
lssac. -
According to n decision of Probate
Judjre Duvall of Twin Fnlls, women are,'
Ineligible to serve as Jurors In Idaho. t
The first of peveral contracts with
canal companies fur the Mr dam at
American FalJx haw been slKiied. It
calls for storage of 100,000 acre feet of.
water. ;
The Buhl highway district has brought
suit to restrain the county attorney,
from taking action ugainet the district
for an alleged violation of the elghl-.
hour law. i ' -
James R. Stotts of Home tia pur
chased from the state for $.Kn mo
acres of land with liniA-ovrtnents. tiar
Koine. The land wax part of an es"
cheated esteile.
United States army eiiBineers" will com-f
plete a survey of (he Snake and ("olttin-j,
bla rivers between ! inton and t'elllo
during the summer hb h preliminary';,,
step toward canalization.
Arrangements . hve been completed?'
between t he College of Ids ho at hletlo',
council and a nirr.ilar organization at
Moscow for a football game nr-mt fall
between the college and the University"
of Idaho.
see you. in time or his brakes didn't
work or somethln, why. It's mighty un
fortunate, and sympathy goes out In
great gobs fer the feller that has to
neglect his business, or his Joy rid in' to
go down to the coroner and explain
about it. They teU your - folks that
people" d orter learn to keep a eye out
"fore they try to git acroat the street.
I reckon if these here klllin's keeps on
we'll git to grow in' 25.000 eyes au round
our heads like a spider or a bug that
the teacher was tellln' o the -children
about at the school not long eence.
The Journal Takes Pleasure
In Publishing Church
News as Real News.
The Journal representative who
gathers news of the churches, to
which Tfoe Journal 'devotes a page
every Saturday. Is alw on regular
assignment at the police1 station. He
1m president of Ihe Multnomah Coun
ty Sunday School association, and
he knows Just about huw many of
the police officers send their children
to Sunday school. He says a sur
prising number of the officers are
reverent.
Bo much for a bit of the human
element that goes Into th intvking
of a newspaper. The Journal was
the first newspaper in Portland lo
announce editorially that it would
receive atid handle church news on
the basis of other new It was the
only newspaper In the city that ever
conducted a church census, showing
that the people of this cUy rank
high In attendance at houses of wor
ship.
By adhering to its policy. The
Journal has wen the confidence and
support of the clergymen of Port
land. When ministers in Portland
have live news for their parishioners
The Journal Is their favorite medium
of publicity. It win only a few years
ago that ministers lacked realization
of the value of newspaper publicity.
They now see clearly that the news
paper can be of great assistance te
them ln advancing the kingdom of
God. In order to prove this fact to
some ministers, it has been necea
sary for The Journal to demonstrate.
Ministers have been aaked to make a
trial. In almost every Instance, the
trial has resulted In larger attend
ance and monetary offerings ai4J.
aiwaya in f 1 r i'jivihwh uiii
the amount expended.
The Journal cooperates with near
Iv every pastor, bunday school su
pertntendent and young people's soci
ety president In securing the news of
his organisation. About ioq min
lsters voluntarily bring their notices
to the Church editor each week or.
send them by mall. The Mournal
keeps IK touch with the headquar
tera office of each denomination and.
with the leaders - In Sunday school
and young people's work. In order to
prevent the omission of interesting
Items ot news.
Competent critics say The Journal
has the; best church page of any
newspaper ln the country. Twenty
years ago It was a newspaper habit
to -"patronise" the churches, and
print their news as a favor. That
attitude no longer exists. Nor is
church news :Vlssy stujf." - It is the
report of constructive activities-of
red blood ca, reverent people , The
Journal lis glad that Its service pro
gram Included pioneer recognition of
this tact. . ,
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